Dr. Niaz Kasravi is a national expert and advocate on criminal justice, social justice, and racial justice, with decades of experience leading justice-based campaigns and research across the U.S., including on police accountability, racial profiling, and death penalty abolition.

Dr. Kasravi is the Founder and Director of the Avalan Institute for Applied Research – a research, advocacy, and training institute focused on criminal justice, social justice, and racial equity. She has previously served as Director of the Criminal Justice Program at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and Associate for the Domestic Human Rights Program of Amnesty International USA. 

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Niaz holds a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine. In 2000, via a National Science Foundation grant, she traveled to Iran to work with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi and conduct research on women’s rights and justice reform led by Iranian women. 

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